Pakistan allowed Iran to park military aircraft on its airfields despite mediator role in conflict with U.S. – CBS News

  1. Pakistan allowed Iran to park military aircraft on its airfields despite mediator role in conflict with U.S.  CBS News
  2. Pakistan Let Iran Park Jets At Nur Khan Airbase To Shield From US Strikes: Report  NDTV
  3. CBS News: Pakistan providing refuge to Iranian military planes as it mediates between sides  The Times of Israel
  4. Pakistan Sheltered Iranian Warplanes During Recent US-Iran Crisis: Report  Military.com
  5. Pakistan parked Iranian planes on its airbases to escape US airstrikes: report  Deccan Herald
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Drug gang attacks ‘force hundreds of Indigenous families to flee’ in Mexico

Violence in Guerrero state has driven as many as 1,000 households from their homes, rights group says

Hundreds of Indigenous families have been forced to flee their homes in the mountains of central Mexico by intense attacks from a local criminal group, including drone bombings, an Indigenous rights organisation said on Monday.

A gang known as Los Ardillos has been carrying out attacks in Guerrero state for years, but they started to intensify last week. Villages were subjected to eight hours of bombings on Saturday, the National Indigenous Congress said, forcing between 800 to 1,000 families to flee to other towns.

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Trump says ceasefire with Iran on ‘life support’ after rejecting peace proposals

US president says he is considering restarting naval escorts in strait of Hormuz in attempt to end Iranian blockade

Donald Trump has said the ceasefire with Iran is on “life support” and that he is considering restarting US navy military escorts of ships through the strait of Hormuz in an attempt to end the Iranian blockade of the vital waterway.

The US president dismissed Iran’s peace proposals as stupid, and denied he was under any domestic pressure to reach a deal.

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Philippine vice president impeached over suspected wealth and threats – PBS

  1. Philippine vice president impeached over suspected wealth and threats  PBS
  2. Philippine presidential hopeful Sara Duterte impeached for second time  The Guardian
  3. Philippines presidential hopeful Sara Duterte impeached, awaits Senate trial  Reuters
  4. Philippine VP Sara Duterte impeached for a second time  BBC
  5. Sara Duterte, Philippine Vice President, Is Impeached, Again  The New York Times
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Foreign Leader Scolds Crowd at Summit in Awkward Video – The Daily Beast

  1. Foreign Leader Scolds Crowd at Summit in Awkward Video  The Daily Beast
  2. Macron takes the stage uninvited at Africa summit to scold crowd for 'total lack of respect'  Fox News
  3. 'Total lack of respect': Macron interrupts speaker to ask for silence  BBC
  4. African leaders push for risk pricing rethink, fresh investment at France Africa summit  Reuters
  5. Macron at Africa summit seeking allies and a foreign policy less tied to France’s colonial past  The Guardian
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Newly elected Reform councillor resigns after social media claims

Stuart Prior quits as scrutiny grows of new councillors accused of racist, antisemitic or anti-Muslim remarks

A Reform UK councillor has resigned days after being elected, after he allegedly celebrated on social media the rape of a Sikh woman in the Midlands, declared white people the “master race” and called Muslim people “rats”.

Stuart Prior was elected as a councillor for Essex county council last Thursday, winning 2,404 votes, the highest total of any candidate in the ward.

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